A Tiny Spot

Just for You, from Carolyn

One morning recently as I started talking with my Father, I asked Him what He wanted me to do today. I sensed His answer came in the following poem whose author is unknown. 

Father, where shall I work today'
And my love flowed warm and free.
Then He pointed me out a tiny spot,
And said, “Tend that for me.”

I answered quickly, “Oh, no, not that.
Why, no one would ever see,
No matter how well my work was done.
Not that little place for me!”

And the word He spoke, it was not stern,
He answered me tenderly,
“Ah, little one, search that heart of thine;
Art thou working for them or me'

Nazareth was a little place,
And so was Galilee.” 

Even with the pandemic, even with aging, even with disabilities and health issues, even with increased responsibilities in the dailies, neither you nor I are sidetracked. Whether we are in a secular spot of necessity or a hidden spot, we are in the spot God wants us to “tend” today as unto Him. It certainly means treating those around us with His kindness, with His respect, with His care. With prayer. It means knowing that God sees and has both a plan and a reason for each of us right where we are. Even if ours is a tiny spot. The size and scope of our opportunities are planned by a wise and caring Father.

Perhaps you must work in a job that keeps you from “ministering,” as if the two things are divorced. Which they never are. Perhaps you have responsibilities at home that “limit” your ability to get out and about as you once did. Perhaps you have health issues that have immobilized you or slowed you way down. Perhaps you have retired and feel that your world has shrunk to what seems insignificance. 
 
The truth is that where I am today is the spot God has picked for me to serve Him today. Where you are today is the spot He has picked for you to serve Him today. We can pray for contentment and the ability to represent Him well wherever He places us today.  When others don’t see, God sees. Also angels and demons give Him praise when one of His own serves Him with contentment, joy and hope right where she/he is. Even if ours is a tiny spot. Size does not matter to God.

 “Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with   everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen”

Hebrews 13:20,21

Carolyn Roper

October 12, 2020